Daniel 3:27
25 “Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,
and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.
28 Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
29 Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.
- KJV
- And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
- WEB
- The local governors, the deputies, and the governors, and the king’s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies. The hair of their head wasn’t singed. Their pants weren’t changed. The smell of fire wasn’t even on them.
- ASV
- And the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king`s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their hosen changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.
- DARBY
- And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had had no power, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their hosen changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.
- BLB
- And gathered together the satraps, the administrators, and the governors, and the counselors of the king, and they saw these men whom the fire had no power over their bodies, and the hair of their head was not singed, and their garments were not changed, and the smell of fire had not passed over them.
- ÅB
- Og satrapene, stattholderne, landshøvdingene og kongens rådsherrer kom sammen; de så at ilden ikke hadde hatt noen makt over disse menns legemer, og at håret på deres hoder ikke var svidd, og at deres skjorter ikke hadde lidt noen skade; det kunne ikke engang kjennes lukt av noe brent på dem.
- OTB
- Satrapene, stattholderne, guvernørene og kongens rådgivere samlet seg rundt og så at ilden ikke hadde noen effekt på kroppene til disse mennene. Ikke et hår på hodene deres var svidd, buksene deres var ikke svidd, og det var ingen lukt av ild på dem.
- B1930
- Og satrapene, stattholderne, landshøvdingene og kongens rådsherrer kom sammen; de så at ilden ikke hadde hatt nogen makt over disse menns legemer, og at håret på deres hoder ikke var svidd, og at deres skjorter ikke hadde lidt nogen skade; det kunde ikke engang kjennes lukt av noget brent på dem.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Read in contextHebrews 11:34
quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
Read in contextIsaiah 26:11
O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
Read in contextPsalms 83:18
May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
Read in contextMatthew 10:30
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Read in contextActs 27:34
So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
Read in contextLuke 21:17–18
And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:46–47
This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
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